Tag: Marcus Titus
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Marcus Titus: Deaf American Swimmer Added Deaf Gain to the Sport
Marcus Titus is a Deaf American swimmer who competed in Olympic trials. He fought for accessibility to include flashing cue lights at the start of races.
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Olympic Hopeful Feature Stories
A bit late, but really nice 0:00-2:32-A piece of former University of Arizona swimmer Marcus Titus, who is deaf. Prior to Olympic Trials, Marcus created a movement on social media which convinced USA Swimming to allow him to be aided by hand signals. 2:33-4:47-A piece on shot putter Jill Camarena-Williams, whose husband Dustin also serves…
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The Morning Swim Show: Marcus Titus
On today’s edition of The Morning Swim Show Marcus Titus talks about his campaign to have hand signals instituted at the U.S. Olympic Trials for deaf swimmers. Titus, who is legally deaf, talks about the necessity of having hand signals for deaf swimmers at the start of races, and how it could impact him in…
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Deaf swimmer Marcus Titus gets hand signals reinstated at US Trials
This is great, USA Swimming decided Thursday to allow hand signals at the U.S. Olympic Trials to accommodate deaf swimmers at the start of the races, reversing the organization’s decision issued less than 48 hours earlier, more or less because of campaign on Facebook started byone of the nation’s top breaststroker and deaf athlete Marcus…
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Deaf US swimmer wins bronze at Pan Am Games
For American swimmer Marcus Titus, being deaf is more advantage than disability, at least when it’s time to get in the water. “It helps me stay in my own world, helps me focus on what I need to do,” the 25-year-old said at the Pan American Games after winning a bronze medal in his first…